[mfyvie]

Hi Ron, if you look in your vbadvanced files you'll see a line that reads like this:

require_once('./global.php');

If you then look in global.php you'll find a line that looks like this:

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('global_start')) ? eval($hook) : false;

The code in my previous post fires at global_start, so in other words, if that setting is set to on as you say, then the variable should be set, and you shouldn't have to set it manually. Why it doesn't work is a mystery to me